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Monday, July 02, 2007

Working with Our Humanness

SOMEONE SAID, "There is something I have forgotten." There is one thing in the world that should not be forgotten. You may forget everything except that one thing, without there being any cause for concern. If you remember everything else but forget that one thing, you will have accomplished nothing. It would be as if a king sent you to a village on a specific mission. If you went and performed a hundred other tasks, but neglected to accomplish the task for which you were sent, it would be as though you had done nothing. The human being therefore has come into the world for a specific purpose and aim. If one does not fulfill that purpose, one has done nothing. "We purposed the faith unto theheavens, and the earth, and the mountains: andthey refused to undertake it, and were afraid ofit; but the human being undertook it: and yet truly,he was unjust to himself, and foolish". [Qur'an 33:72]